Multi-Disciplinary Working Group

Tue, 3/1/2022 - 11:00am - 4:30pm
Wed, 3/2/2022 - 11:00am - 4:30pm

Overview 

The Multi-Disciplinary Working Group serves as a fact-finding body of experts external to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to provide input to guide Helping to End Addiction Long-term® Initiative, or NIH HEAL Initiative®, research. The working group assists the NIH Institute and Center Advisory Councils to help ensure that NIH HEAL Initiative research meets the bold, trans-NIH goals for the initiative. Its meetings serve as a forum to engage partners in the private sector and research community, provide a transparent venue for stakeholders and members of the public, and help facilitate exchange of scientific information among NIH HEAL Initiative projects.

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Goal

Facilitate sharing of expertise from MDWG relevant to the NIH HEAL Initiative and to specific HEAL projects and discuss specific HEAL research studies to achieve portfolio balance.

Day 1 (OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)

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Session 1: HEAL Research Underway

11:00 am         
Welcome and Introductions
Speaker: Dr. Lawrence Tabak, Acting Director, NIH

11:15 am         
HEAL Initiative: Overview of Current Portfolio and Programs    
Speaker: Dr. Rebecca Baker, Director, NIH HEAL Initiative, Office of the Director, NIH

11:45 am         
General Discussion

12:00 pm         
Emerging Issues in the Opioid Crisis
Speakers: Drs. Nora Volkow, Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse and Walter Koroshetz, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

12:20 pm         
General Discussion  

12:30 pm         
BREAK

12:45 pm – 4:00 pm (CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC)     
Session 2: FY23 Research Under Consideration

DAY 2 (CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC)

11:00 am – 4:00 pm     
Session 3: FY23 Research Under Consideration

4:00 pm – 4:30 pm       
Session 4: Summary and Next Steps

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About Multi-Disciplinary Working Group

The Multi-Disciplinary Working Group serves as a fact-finding body of experts external to NIH to provide input to guide Helping to End Addiction Long-term® Initiative, or NIH HEAL Initiative®, research. 

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September 2021 Multi-Disciplinary Working Group

This working group assists the NIH Institute and Center (IC) Advisory Councils to help ensure that NIH HEAL Initiative research meets the bold, trans-NIH goals for the initiative.

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March 2021 Multi-Disciplinary Working Group

This meeting served as a forum to engage partners in the private sector and research community, provide a transparent venue for stakeholders and members of the public, and help facilitate exchange of scientific information among NIH HEAL Initiative projects.

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